Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 159 -- Airplane Losses on Combat Missions in European Theater of Operations, By Type of Airplane and by Cause of Loss: Aug 1942 to May 1945

Year
and
Month

 All Types Heavy
Bombers		 Medium &
Light Bombers		 Fighters
Total Enemy
Aircraft		 Anti-
Aircraft		 Other
Causes		 Total Enemy
Aircraft		 Anti-
Aircraft		 Other
Causes		 Total Enemy
Aircraft		 Anti-
Aircraft		 Other
Causes		 Total Enemy
Aircraft		 Anti-
Aircraft		 Other
Causes
Grand Total 11,687 4,274 5,380 2,033 5,548 2,452 2,439 657 815 131 492 192 5,324 1,691 2,449 1,184
Annually  
1942 (Aug-Dec) 55 49 - 6 42 37 - 5 3 2 - 1 10 10 - -
1943 1,261 877 252 132 1,036 700 228 108 47 16 23 8 178 161 1 16
1944 7,749 2,902 3,501 1,346 3,497 1,516 1,587 394 487 93 303 91 3,765 1,293 1,611 861
1945
(Jan-May)		 2,622 446 1,627 549 973 199 624 140 278 20 166 92 1,371 227 837 307
Monthly  
1942
Aug 8 8 - - - - - - - - - - 8 8 - -
Sep 2 2 - - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 9 - 2 10 8 - 2 - - - - 1 1 - -
Nov 17 13 - 4 13 10 - 3 3 2 - 1 1 1 - -
Dec 17 17 - - 17 17 - - - - - - - - - -
1943  
Jan 21 21 - - 18 18 - - - - - - 3 3 - -
Feb 24 22 - 2 23 21 - 2 - - - - 1 1 - -
Mar 22 19 - 3 21 18 - 3 - - - - 1 1 - -
Apr 34 33 1 - 29 28 1 - - - - - 5 5 - -
May 92 58 21 13 69 48 13 8 11 1 8 2 12 9 - 3
Jun 98 86 12 - 90 78 12 - - - - - 8 8 - -
Jul 134 94 30 10 118 79 29 10 2 1 1 - 14 14 - -
Aug 135 100 20 15 117 87 20 10 8 6 - 2 10 7 - 3
Sep 118 60 27 31 98 46 25 27 8 4 2 2 12 10 - 2
Oct 201 152 38 11 186 139 38 9 1 - - 1 14 13 - 1
Nov 160 109 33 18 95 53 25 17 11 3 7 1 54 53 1 -
Dec 222 123 70 29 172 85 65 22 6 1 5 - 44 37 - 7
1944  
Jan 277 197 35 45 203 139 27 37 5 1 2 2 69 57 6 6
Feb 393 243 108 42 271 170 81 20 19 4 14 1 103 69 13 21
Mar 551 234 167 150 345 178 112 55 15 2 9 4 191 54 46 91
Apr 732 516 190 26 420 314 105 1 32 1 25 6 280 201 60 19
May 761 397 248 116 376 211 122 43 45 10 28 7 340 176 98 66
Jun 904 284 400 220 320 112 162 46 44 25 12 7 540 147 226 167
Jul 712 150 377 185 352 80 201 71 34 5 23 6 326 65 153 108
Aug 968 163 607 198 331 61 238 32 91 2 75 14 546 100 294 152
Sep 758 241 422 95 374 137 207 30 27 - 25 2 357 104 190 63
Oct 552 135 334 83 177 36 112 29 26 - 24 2 349 99 198 52
Nov 538 131 328 79 209 50 146 13 31 1 18 12 298 80 164 54
Dec 603 211 285 107 119 28 74 17 118 42 48 28 366 141 163 62
1945  
Jan 646 121 412 113 314 49 222 43 58 - 28 30 274 72 162 40
Feb 580 56 433 91 196 14 157 25 85 4 68 13 299 38 208 53
Mar 774 144 460 170 266 63 164 39 89 5 52 32 419 76 244 99
Apr 579 119 302 158 190 72 77 41 46 11 18 17 343 36 207 100
May 43 6 20 17 7 1 4 2 - - - - 36 5 16 15